6:45 PM

End of the day’s programme

7 PM

Dinner (speakers only)

Thurday, 6 November 2014

at LUISS Guido Carli University (Viale Pola 12, Aula Magna)

8:30 AM

Session 1: The Imamate in Italy: The Status Quo and the Way AheadPaolo Branca, “Imams in Italy: Children of a Lesser God?”Valentina Gentile, “Religious Institutions and Multiple Establishment: The Future of Religious Freedom in Italy”Francesco Alicino, “Imams and other Religious Authorities in Italy: A Comparative Perspective”Imam Yahya Pallavicini, “The Training of a New Generation of European Imams in Italy”
Chair: Antonio La Spina, LUISS Guido Carli

11:30 AM

Session 2: Giving voice to religious authority

Melanie Kamp, “Religious Authority and Media Practices of Imams and Du’at – A Case Study from Germany”Sara Silvestri, “ISIS’ Caliphate: What Authority for Muslims in the West?”Sara Borrillo, “Murshidat in Moroccan Mosques: A New Female Religious Authority?”
Chair: Zaid Eyadat, University of Jordan

12:45 PM Lunch (speakers only)

The State and the Imamate: Negotiating Authority, Recognizing Institutionalizations

2 PM

3 PM

Session 3: Imams and the Struggle for Recognition in Europe

Jan Jaap de Ruiter, “The ideological struggle of Imams in the Netherlands”Evrim Ersan Akkilic, “Imams in Austria: The crucial role of Imams in the integration process”Romain Sèze, “For a visible Islam. The emergence of a protest speech in French mosques?”
Chair: Samim Akgönül , Marc Bloch University in Strasbourg